Question

Find the area of the shape shown below.

Answer 1

Answer:

8

Step-by-step explanation:

First your rectangle

A = wl

A  = 2 * 2

A = 4

Then one of your triangles

A = h b/2

A = 2 * 2/2

A = 2

you have 2 triangles, so the area is 4 + 4 from the rectangle

Answer 2

Answer:

Area = 8 units²

Step-by-step explanation:

Recall that the area of a trapezoid is $A=\frac{1}{2}(b_1+b_2)h$ where $b_1$ and $b_2$ are the bases of the trapezoid and $h$ is the height of the trapezoid.

Therefore, the area of the trapezoid is:

$A=\frac{1}{2}(b_1+b_2)h$

$A=\frac{1}{2}(6+2)(2)$

$A=\frac{1}{2}(8)(2)$

$A=8$

This means that the area of the trapezoid is 8 units²